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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">bogs</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>peat bogs</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>moors</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>fens</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>wetlands</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>bog</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Designates waterlogged spongy ground with a characteristic plantlife, such as sphagnum mosses, and in which vegetation is decaying, ultimately producing highly acidic peat. Distinct from "fens," in which the water remains alkaline. ]]></note></mads>